Brazilian GP: Williams race notes

Comments from the Williams team after the Brazilian Grand Prix
Patrick Head, Director of Engineering, WilliamsF1:
"It can only get better from here, but obviously the result is massively
disappointing. The Bridgestone tyre was quite clearly ...

Comments from the Williams team after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Patrick Head, Director of Engineering, WilliamsF1:

"It can only get better from here, but obviously the result is massively
disappointing. The Bridgestone tyre was quite clearly superior today.
It's meaningless, but I think we could have had quite a good race. This
is the second year in a row in Brazil that we've been out of the race
with both cars before the end of the first lap and it's really very
disappointing for everyone in the team. However, we can now only go back
and make sure we have a much better car and look forward to a stronger
season next year."

"Well done to Fernando and very well done to Renault
for winning both Championships. With Michael retiring today, we saw
all his fighting spirit come out in what were difficult circumstances
and obviously he'll be a major loss to the sport. It is very sad that
this is the last race for Cosworth in F1 for the immediate future. They
have done a great job and have been a pleasure to work with. I hope the
Cosworth name returns to F1 very soon."

Mark Webber:

"Such a waste. It was an interesting first few corners, I was fighting
with Jenson and Pedro going into the first one and putting a bit of
pressure on Pedro. It was shaping up to be quite fun, but I braked a
bit later going into turn four and then I was hit from behind. I lost
the diffuser and that was that. It looks like Nico lost his braking
point. He was very deep going into the corner and I didn't think he was
going to make it."

"It wasn't nice to see Nico with a puncture and then
colliding with the wall, but he's ok. It's always bad when team mates
collide, but he didn't do it on purpose. This is the game we're in,
there are no rewind buttons, so when it goes wrong, it goes wrong. This
isn't the result we were hoping for and it's a real shame for the guys."

Nico Rosberg:

"I was really hoping I could do something good in the last race. After
the start, I was trying to get out of traffic, gain some ground and get
back the place I had just lost to Jenson so I was close behind Mark
going into the corner. I think he braked hard and maybe an extra metre
too early, perhaps because something had happened next to him, and I hit
him."

"It probably seemed a big accident from the outside, but it didn't
feel so hard in the cockpit and I am fine. I am sorry for the team, of
course, because I wanted to finish this season in a better way. It has
been a difficult year, but I have learned a lot. We now have the winter
ahead of us and we will all work together very hard to be prepared for
next season."

Chris Jilbert, Principal Engineer, F1 Race Engineering, Cosworth:

"Not quite the way that we had envisaged our current involvement in
Formula One to draw to a close, but I guess we can genuinely say that
we ran both engines at 20,000RPM for the whole race! It really does
not seem possible that there will be no Cosworth-powered cars in the
F1 paddock in 2007."

"It is an incredibly sad day for everyone who has
been involved in making our Cosworth F1 engines so powerful, reliable
and successful and I'm sure that these comments will be echoed by
the numerous people up and down the pit lane who have either worked
at, or with, Cosworth in the past. We pride ourselves on being world
class and can proudly state that we have been able to deliver what is
possibly the most powerful, most reliable engine in Formula One during
the 2006 season, despite not having the backing of a manufacturer."

"Let's hope that Cosworth can return to its rightful place on the
grid in the future. My thanks go to everyone at Cosworth for all of
their dedication, commitment and resolve through what has been a very
difficult couple of months."